Don't get me wrong, Cubs do suck, but man have they been unfortunate in these close and late situations.

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no we haven't...we haven't had one clean closing inning yet..they all choke..last night the pen allowed like 1 it before we took the lead..after that bowden choked...biggest group of losers I have ever seen.

Don't get me wrong, Cubs do suck, but man have they been unfortunate in these close and late situations.

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I read a couple days ago that the Cubs have (had, not sure about still) six qualified hitters with an OPS+ over 100 and the starters ranked 8th in WAR. Teams with that production should NOT be this bad.

Don't get me wrong, Cubs do suck, but man have they been unfortunate in these close and late situations.

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I read a couple days ago that the Cubs have (had, not sure about still) six qualified hitters with an OPS+ over 100 and the starters ranked 8th in WAR. Teams with that production should NOT be this bad.

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Yeah the starters have been awesome, but the pen has been all-time bad...At some point Dale has to let the starters pitch...It was so obvious we would blow it once he went to Marmol because it has happened in every close game this season...That's not unfortunate..That's a trend.

Love Barney but that's terrible . Now put Barney at SS the rest of the year. Castro will be an after thought. Bourbon needs to start . What's the pointof claiming a player off waivers if he's gonna be only a bench player put that dude in left or center

Don't get me wrong, Cubs do suck, but man have they been unfortunate in these close and late situations.

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I read a couple days ago that the Cubs have (had, not sure about still) six qualified hitters with an OPS+ over 100 and the starters ranked 8th in WAR. Teams with that production should NOT be this bad.

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Yeah the starters have been awesome, but the pen has been all-time bad...At some point Dale has to let the starters pitch...It was so obvious we would blow it once he went to Marmol because it has happened in every close game this season...That's not unfortunate..That's a trend.

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To be fair it was a ball that just left the infield and the first pitch of the AB was a strike called a ball which may or may not have affected where he threw the one that got hit.

To your point, yes the bullpen is really bad but I'm hesitant to call them chokers. I just think that they all kinda stink and it's happened to show at the worst times.

Castro deserves props for drawing a walk with his hitting streak on the line.

Makes sense. They are generally considered the 2 top prospects in the draft. As an added bonus, they both would fill the need of a pitching prospect who isn't forever away from reaching the Majors, although that's likely not a big factor in their selection.

Makes sense. They are generally considered the 2 top prospects in the draft. As an added bonus, they both would fill the need of a pitching prospect who isn't forever away from reaching the Majors, although that's likely not a big factor in their selection.

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Is Appel still projected a 2/3 starter like he was last year, or did he improve with another year in college?

Is Appel still projected a 2/3 starter like he was last year, or did he improve with another year in college?

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A 2, or a good 3, sounds about right for Appel. He could be in a Major League rotation as early as September, though. If a team wants to be conservative with him and play the service time game, next June is probably the latest he gets the call.

Texas high schooler Kohl Stewart probably has a higher ceiling than Appel and Gray, but is far riskier and will probably advance slowly through the minors.

You know what this needs to be fucking said...HOW IN THE FUCK CAN A RELIEVER GIVE UP 9 FUCKING HOMERUNS IN 1 MONTH?!?!?! Get this douchebag out of town. Only the likes of Kameron Loe could pull off something as giving up almost as many home runs as the entire Detroit Tigers staff has all year.